Coal Research Program Could Boost State Prosperity
Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey of West Virginia backs a proposed independent coal research commission to advance long term growth. He cites Morgantown, an atomic heat source, and the need to translate coal into higher output, predicting strong Congress support and potential veto risk on other measures.
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Washington
Cleveland M. Bailey
D-Wwa
West Virginia
Bailey
Senate
House
Coal Research Commission
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Morgantown
Tempest Batters Atlantic Liners Upsets Schedules
A violent spring storm raged over the Atlantic hampering major liners. Waves and winds up to 100 mph battered ships like the Rio Tunayan forcing a return to New York. Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth faced delays, while the Berlin endured a 24 hour, 700 mile horn winds, with four crewmen drowned.
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New York
Atlantic
South America
Seatick
Jose Maria Dodero
Southampton
Hugh L. Switzer
Berlin
Lloyd Line
Bremen
Line
Azores
$25 000 Lawsuit Testimony Heard
The $25 000 damage suit of Thomas Williams operator of a local cab line against Charles Bandy occupied the morning session in Circuit Court. Williams testified about time lost from work due to injuries from a two car collision on South Fayette street Oct 19 1958. Attorney Clay Crouse said actual cash damages totaled 13 379. Willis Water Company case on docket may be postponed due to George Willis illness. Walter Snyder brings suit.
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Thomas Williams
Charles Bandy
South Fayette Street
Williams
Clay Crouse
Willis Water Company
Harper Road
George Willis
Walter Snyder
Last Rites Incomplete For Flemming Whiteside
Funeral arrangements for Flemming Whiteside are incomplete. He died Monday about 1 30 p m while visiting at Beckley Junction, with death attributed to a heart attack. Whiteside, employed at Pine Crest Sanitarium, is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Flemming Whiteside
Seventh St
East Park
Beckley Junction
Whiteside
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
West Virginia Weather Outlook for Oak Hill
Cloudy tonight with low 35 to 45. Wednesday mostly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. Oak Hill area reports variable skies and unsettled conditions.
Foreign Ministers Begin Talks Today
Washington AP reports the Western Big Three begin a two day strategy meeting to push toward a united front for talks with the Soviets. An afternoon review at the State Department includes German prospects with Von Brentano, Herter, and Dulles.
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Washington
United Front
State Department
West Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
Christian Herter Jr
John Foster. Dulles
United States
Britain
Lewyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Marville
London
Lloyd
Traffic Accident Involving 1957 Sedan Near Pineville
Mrs. Bertha Wise, 38, of Brenton, was treated for scratches and bruises after a Monday car crash between Grover and Pineville. Her 1957 sedan collided with a 1958 pickup driven by a Marianna youth. the sedan sank with only its top showing from the Guyandotte River. The pickup driver’s name was not released. The total loss was about 200 dollars. the car was described as a total wreck. State police trooper StanE Epling of Mullens said the investigation continues.
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Pineville
Rins
Bertha Wise
Brenton
Ned C. Rogers
New Liquor Store Head Named At Williamson
Charleston AP reports Edward L. Hurt appointed as manager of the State Liquor Commission store at Williamson. He replaces Wayne Hatfield who was dismissed after an investigation found liquor sold at higher than first prices and after store hours. Hurt previously worked for Norfolk and Western Railway and the Pure Oil Co.
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Charleston
Edward L. Hurt
State Liquor Commission
Williamacer
Morris C. Shawkey
Wayne Hatfield
Shawkey
Hurt
Norfolk & Western Railway
Pure O# Co
Hatfield
Lawmakers Debate Virginia Anti Integration Strategy
Richmond lawmakers begin examining a new legal line to resist racial integration in public schools. A “freedom of choice” plan may offer families a choice between state aided private schooling and integrated public schools. The 40 member commission keeps deliberations secret as courts challenge previous massive resistance laws.
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Richmond
APY
Virginia
General Assembly
Assembly
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Legislative Commission
Supreme Court
Almond
Charlottesville
John S. Battle Jr
Dist
John Paul
Paul
Battle
Oliver W. Hill
National Assn. For
Advancement of
Colored People
Lane High
Venable
Maple Meadow Woman Dies After Illness
Mrs. Sally Ann Acord, 8, of Maple Meadow, died at home at 8:40 am after a two year illness. Born September 4, 1876 in Clear Creek Coal River, she was a Raleigh County resident and Pine Grove Baptist Church member. Survived by husband H. M. Acord and two daughters Mrs Eben Daniels of Beckley and Mrs Thomas Largen of Lester. Body at Melton Mortuary pending arrangements.
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Sally Ann Acord
Maple Meadow
Acord
Clear Creek
Coal River
Chart Combs
Raleigh County
Pine Grove Baptist Church
H. M
Benny) Acord
Eben Daniels
Beckley
Thomas Largen
Lester
Melton Mortuary
Keystone mine to lay off 240 workers
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates will lay off 240 of the 25 men at its Keystone mine effective tomorrow. A Logan County youth, Butch Bowman, was killed when a gasoline tanker crashed near West Virginia 10, about 12 miles southeast of Logan, and three houses caught fire, including the Bowman's home.
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Keystone
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Logan (Ap
Logan County
West Virginia
Butch Bowman
Lee Bowman
Raleigh County Library Adds New Wing
The Raleigh County Library completed a split level addition costing 30,882 dollars, nearly doubling floor space. Trustees and officials including C D Munson Roy Millican and D B Vipperman praised mayor council county court and education boards while thanking civic groups for furnishing the new wing which will be furnished soon.
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Raleigh County Library
C.D. Munson
Raleigh County Library Board
Board of Education
D. B. Vipperman
Vipperman Construction Co
C. H. Graham
Graham
C&O Railway Not To Oppose Merger Of N&W And Virginian
Norfolk and Western and Virginia Railway merger gains no opposition from C&O Railway. The proxy plan details trackage rights, stock exchange, and officer appointments with N&W to lead post merger. C&O to receive 54 miles plus 17 miles of trackage, while Beale joins N&W board and dividends frozen at current levels.
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C&o Railway
N&w
Virginian
Norfolk, Va
Norfolk and Western Railway
Virginia Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&o
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stone Coal Junction
Amigo
W. Va
Gilbert
Pemberton
Hampton Roads
Menger
Supreme Court voids Wyoming custody ruling in 3 year old case
The U S Supreme Court voided a Wyoming County decision that granted permanent custody of Karen Dawn Underwood to the foster parents under DPA supervision and ordered reinstate of a circuit court ruling awarding custody and guardianship to the DPA The opinion stresses ending the long litigation that has affected the child since infancy and notes the case has returned to the court multiple times in years.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Wyoming
Department of Public Assistance
Wyoming Circuit Court
DPA
Karen Dawn Underwood
Burgess Miller
Karen Dawn
Millers
Chauncey Browning
Browning
Jurors Excused Until Monday Court Adjourns Early
In Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery excused jurors until Monday as the chamber will serve a U. S. District court session with Judge Harry Watkins later this week. The federal session begins Thursday. Spicer case remains open amid defense protests. Rosamond pleads no contest to grand larceny, to be sentenced April 13. Robinson case may be dismissed per defense, and Cassity’s drunk driving matter re-set for April 9 after a dispute over witnesses.
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Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
U. S. District Court
Harry Watkins
Philip J. Spicer
Joseph Luchini
Spicer
Luchini
Robert Rosamond
Contendre
McCreery
Harrison Lee Robinson
Brown Payne
Payne
James Cassity
Anthony Jacino
Joe Luchini
Luis
Cassity
Lodged In Jail Jon Berry Held On Criminal Court Summons
Jon Berry of Beckley was placed in Raleigh County Jail today by a deputy on a forthwith summons issued by Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery.
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Jon Berry
Beckley
Raleigh
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Webb Denies Receiving $32800 in Notes and Checks
CHARLESTON AP State Police Sgt W S Webb denied today any personal benefit from 32800 in notes and checks allegedly signed by him found in gambling raids. Kanawha County Prosecutor Walker said the case will be submitted to the grand jury. Webb resigned as detachment commander at South Charleston effective April 1. Authorities have offered few details, saying the case involves a well placed public official.
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Charleston
W. S. Webb
Kanawha County
Charles Walker
Webb
Charleston Daily Mail
Walker
South Charleston
One Kentucky Striker Arrested As Police Quell Disturbance
HAZARD Kentucky AP State Police broke up a coal strike disturbance at a Perry County mine and arrested one man on breach of peace. Picket lines were set at Letcher County rail switches as UMW members protested for a 24.25 dollar daily wage, while several small operators signed the new contract and a truck coal operators association formed in Pike and Letcher counties.
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Kentucky
Hazard
Perry County
Ashio Coal Co
Combs
Jakes Fork Coal Co
Bulan
United Mine Workers of America
Letcher County
Harlan
Bel
Knott
Pike
UMW
Pike County
Carson Hibbitts
UMW District 30
Pikeville
Lexington
Robert Holcom
Atsn
Kentucky River Truck
Asso
Holcomb
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic
NATO
U.S
New York
Downe
Nehru Predicts Tibet Victory Amid Refugee Talks
Prime Minister Nehru told Tibetan refugees in New Delhi that ultimate victory will come for Tibetans over Chinese Communist rule but urged patience. He cautioned against foreign intervention as Peiping warned rebels would be punished. Reports say Red China may deploy planes or paratroopers against Khampa tribesmen, while the Dalai Lama and entourage are believed to have escaped toward the Kham region. Nehru asked the petitioners to return home and said he would investigate the Dalai Lama's whereabouts.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Red China
Peiping
Peiping People's Daily
Peiping Radio
Kalimpong
Kham
Amdo
Dalai Lama
Lhasa
United Nations
Tibet
Court Upholds Wyoming Verdict Against Coal Co
OHARLESTON The Supreme Court upheld an $8,000 verdict against Crozer Coal and Land Co for land damage by augur mining. The suit by 21 heirs of Charles L. and Mary Brown claimed ownership of two tracts on Big Huff's Creek in Wyoming County Circuit Court. The court said the deeds granting mineral rights dated to the turn of the century and augur mining was not a common practice in the county for half a century after those deeds.
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Oharleston
Crozer Coal and Land Co
Augur
Supreme Court
Wyoming County Circuit Court
Charles L
Mary Brown
Big Huff's Creek
G. Berry Jr
Wyoming County
State GOP Paper Raps Legislature in West Virginia
Charleston AP report notes the debut of the four page State Republican Digest, edited by Eugene L. Scott, blasting the 54th Legislature and its Democratic majority as favoring special interests and failing to lift the state from economic and social rut. Scott says the paper will be a monthly publication.
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Charleston
State
Republican Executive Committee
Eugene L. Scott
Beckley Post-Herald
W. V. Republican Digest
West Virginia
54Th Legisature
Scott
GOP
West Virginia Board Cancels College Tuition Hike
West Virginia students at nine state colleges avoid a $100 annual tuition rise after the State Board of Education rescinded the increase tied to registration fees. Fulltime students will pay $25 per semester plus a new $30 registration fee. out of state tuition remains $175 per semester with a $50 registration fee. The board had planned a higher tuition of $186.25 per semester and left room for future changes.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Board of Education
Raymond Brewiter
Huntington
Senate
House
H. K. Baer
Rocket Camera Shows Sun From Space Front
Washington report says a camera mounted in a rocket nose yielded the first full view of the sun from above Earth. Navy scientists call it a potential leap for long range weather forecasting and decoding radio disruption factors, possibly aiding understanding of life on Earth.
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Washington
Navy
Earth
Lashmeet Woman Dies At Princeton Hospital
Lashmeet resident Mrs. Bertha Cook died today in a Princeton hospital. Sister-in-law of Mrs. J. A. Lyons of MacArthur, funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Bertha Cook
Lashmeet
J. A. Lyons
MacArthur
Princeton
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